135 Joralemon
Street, located between Henry and Clinton streets in Brooklyn Heights,
dates back to 1831. Historians praise the
two-and-a-half story Federal-style wood-frame house with its
pitched roof, dormer windows, and 1850s cast-iron porch, as a
gem of the historic neighborhood. However, preservationists have
long argued that it has not been maintained as needed.

On New
Year’s Eve 2004, the building was seriously damaged
in a fire, and it is currently boarded up.